With less than two years to meet the open defecation practice target, 48 million Nigerians still practice open defecation, while 95 million are without
“The private sector must work closely with all tiers of government and communities to actively create sustainable solutions to address the sanitation needs of unserved and underserved communities and help grow capital investment and human capital.
According to UNICEF, Nigeria needs to invest 1.30 per cent of it’s GDP per year to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal targets on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene by 2030. He said “It is noteworthy that in 2017, we had only one local government area that was open defecation free. As at today we have 85 ocal government areas certified open defecation free.
The National Campaign to End Open defecation was approved by the Federal Executive Council on May 8, 2019, with the aim of mobilising all strata of the society in fighting the menace of open defecation.
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